Naama Liany performs Daydream, a program that came together during the COVID-19 lockdown, as the notion of being a singer without an audience took on surreal and dreamlike proportions, featuring works by Barber, Bernstein, Mompou, Petrovic, and Poulenc.
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Sixth Station Trio performs Spirited Away – Friday, February 28 at 8 pm & Sunday, March 2 at 4 pm
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Sixth Station Trio returns to Old First Concerts to immerse audiences once again in the world of Studio Ghibli, performing Joe Hisaishi’s score for Spirited Away.
Continue readingPro Arte Quartet – Saturday, March 1 at 8 pm
One of the world’s most distinguished string quartets, the Pro Arte Quartet perform contemporary Ukrainian composer Denys Lytvynenko’s String Quartet No. 2, which, according to the composer, tells a story “without a happy ending”, along with works by Germaine Tailleferre and Fanny Hensel (Mendelssohn).
Continue readingSarah Cahill – Sunday, January 5 at 2 pm
Celebrating the composer James Cleghorn, best known as music librarian for 25 years at the San Francisco Public Library, with a selection from his dazzling range of piano music, including sets of variations intricate fugues, neoclassical suites, modal experiments, and much more, all with a special focus on melodic invention—many never heard before.
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